texture - to look and feel a rock's surface grains - rocks that are made up of particles of minerals or other rocks Igneous rock - rocks that form from the cooling of molten rock Sedimentary rock - rock formed from consolidated clay Metamorphic rock - a rock that was a rock before but changed into another form of rock by heat
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Classifying Rocks
Vocabulary
texture - to look and feel a rock's surface
grains - rocks that are made up of particles of minerals or other rocks
Igneous rock - rocks that form from the cooling of molten rock
Sedimentary rock - rock formed from consolidated clay
Metamorphic rock - a rock that was a rock before but changed into another form of rock by heat
Outline
How Geologists Classify Rocks